Carnegie Vanguard High School

Carnegie Vanguard High School
Address
1501 Taft Street

77019

United States
Coordinates29°45′14″N 95°23′08″W / 29.754°N 95.3855°W / 29.754; -95.3855
Information
TypePublic Magnet School
Opened2002
School districtHouston Independent School District
Area trusteeDiana Dávila
CEEB code443541
PrincipalRamon Moss
Staff35 (FTE)
Grades9-12
Enrollment854 (2020-21)
Student to teacher ratio24.40
ScheduleAll Classes Daily
Color(s)      Red, White, & Blue
SportsLimited
MascotRhino
USNWR rankingNo. 8 (2017)
InformationNo Uniform
Websitewww.carnegievanguard.com

Andrew Carnegie Vanguard High School, named after Andrew Carnegie, is located in the Fourth Ward of Houston, Texas near Downtown and was formerly located in Sunnyside. The school serves grades 9-12 and is part of the Houston Independent School District. It is the only High School Vanguard Program in HISD, meaning that all students are labelled as gifted and talented by testing and the school has students take all Advanced Placement core classes as part of its curriculum.

Carnegie Vanguard's academics have been widely recognized in the country. For the past several years, Carnegie Vanguard has been consistently ranked the top public high school in the Houston area and a top-25 public high school in the country by several major magazines and journals, including Newsweek, The Washington Post, and U.S. News & World Report.